Review Questions

1. Which of the following is not a type of tissue?

a. muscle

b. nervous

c. embryonic

d. epithelial

 

2. The process by which a less specialized cell matures into a more specialized cell is called ________.

a. differentiation

b. maturation

c. modification

d. specialization

 

3. Differentiated cells in a developing embryo derive from ________.

a. endothelium, mesothelium, and epithelium

b. ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm

c. connective tissue, epithelial tissue, and muscle tissue

d. epidermis, mesoderm, and endothelium

4. Which of the following lines the body cavities exposed to the external environment?

mesothelium

a. lamina propria

b. mesenteries

c. mucosa

 

5. In observing epithelial cells under a microscope, the cells are arranged in a single layer and look tall and narrow, and the nucleus is located close to the basal side of the cell. The specimen is what type of epithelial tissue?

a. columnar

b. stratified

c. squamous

d. transitional

 

6. Which of the following is the epithelial tissue that lines the interior of blood vessels?

a. columnar

b. pseudostratified

c. simple squamous

d. transitional

 

7. Which type of epithelial tissue specializes in moving particles across its surface?

a. transitional

b. stratified columnar

c. pseudostratified ciliated columnar

d. stratified squamous

8. The ________ exocrine gland stores its secretion until the glandular cell ruptures, whereas the ________ gland releases its apical region and reforms.

a. holocrine; apocrine

b. eccrine; endocrine

c. apocrine; holocrine

d. eccrine; apocrine

9. Which of the following processes is not a cardinal sign of inflammation?

a. redness

b. heat

c. fever

d. swelling

 

10. When a mast cell reacts to an irritation, which of the following chemicals does it release?

a. collagen

b. histamine

c. hyaluronic acid

d. meylin

 

11. Atrophy refers to ________.

a. loss of elasticity

b. loss of mass

c. loss of rigidity

d. loss of permeability

 

12. Individuals can slow the rate of aging by modifying all of these lifestyle aspects except for ________.

a. diet

b. exercise

c. genetic factors

d. stress